A land speed record, a factory occupied by its own workers, a liquidation, and the only successful resurrection in British motorcycling.
By Rotarium
A complete marque study of Triumph. Covers Edward Turner's 1937 Speed Twin and the parallel twin that defined an industry; the Texan streamliner that gave the Bonneville its name at 214mph; two decades holding over half the American big-bike market; the collapse and the eighteen-month occupation of the Meriden factory by workers who voted themselves identical wages; the workers' co-operative that built Bonnevilles for eight years; and John Bloor's seven years of secret development that produced the Hinckley rebirth. Includes live market data on the T120, T140 and Speed Triple, and the largest legend premium in the Rotarium dataset — the T120 trading 81% above the objectively better T140.